Sense of Direction

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive...

Paul and I used to have a poor sense of direction. Once while driving in Wales we were convinced that someone must have turned the signposts round so did the opposite to what they indicated. Then finding ourselves back where we started, but failing to recognise the fact, criticised the Welsh for calling two towns by the same name.

This may well have been rotated by local youngsters.

We are getting better. In 2013 we completed a 5000 kilometre road trip round France with very little drifting off course. Mainly thanks to my faith in Google Maps on my phone and Paul's faith in me....

The open road.

More recently we have endeavoured to follow instructions and maps for Shropshire walks. We don't always stick to the recommended route, but yesterday we successfully completed the circular Adstone Walk from The Horseshoe Inn at Bridges.




Fearing mud, I wore my new wellingtons and dressed to match the van.

 

I printed off the walk instructions from the pub website and they were generally fairly clear apart from the bit that said aim for the old tree on the skyline (there were quite a few).

 

The full walk is 6.5 miles but we took a shortcut that made it about 5.5 miles.

We enjoyed walking along the ancient road on top of Adstone hill and Paul identified lots of different tree species in the hedgerow (the more species there are the older the hedge and the road).

 

It was very cold and windy on top of the hill but later it was very nice when the sun came out as we were walking along sheltered lanes.





The Horseshoe Inn at Bridges. One of our favourite pubs.

 

We got back to the pub in the sunshine and had plenty of time for a pub meal and a couple of drinks. We like this pub a lot. The food is good, the people are friendly and Paul likes their beers.

 

 

When we got home we noticed that our house had a 'SOLD' notice on it, so we were very pleased about that.

 

 

We appear to know what direction we are moving in. We are not lost. Its a slow journey but we quite like the gypsy lifestyle.